82 FR 18781 - In the Matter of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an order approving the direct transfer of the facility operating license for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 (BVPS-2), to FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, LLC (FENGen). The BVPS-2 is located in Beaver County, PA.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-412; License No. NPF-73; NRC-2016-0277]


In the Matter of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver 
Valley Power Station, Unit 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct transfer of license; order.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an 
order approving the direct transfer of the facility operating license 
for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 (BVPS-2), to FirstEnergy 
Nuclear Generation, LLC (FENGen). The BVPS-2 is located in Beaver 
County, PA.

DATES: The order was issued on April 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0277 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0277. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; e-mail: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by

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email to [email protected]. The documents listed in the attached 
order are available in ADAMS as follows: Application dated June 24, 
2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16182A155), supplemental letters dated 
September 13, 2016; December 15, 2016; and March 16, 2017 (ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML16257A235, ML16350A077, and ML17075A210, 
respectively), and Safety Evaluation dated April 14, 2017 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML17081A433 (nonproprietary)).
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor A. Lamb, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7128; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the order is attached.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 14th day of April 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operator Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Attachment--Order Approving Direct Transfer of License and Approving 
Conforming Amendment

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-412; License No. NPF-73; NRC-2016-0277]

In the Matter of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver Valley 
Power Station, Unit 2

ORDER APPROVING DIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND APPROVING CONFORMING 
AMENDMENT

I.

    FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC or the applicant), 
acting as an agent for and on behalf of FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, 
LLC (FENGen), the Toledo Edison Company (TE), and the Ohio Edison 
Company (OE), requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) consent to the direct transfer of TE's 18.26 
percent leased interest in Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 (BVPS-2) 
to FENGen, and OE's 21.66 percent leased interest in BVPS-2 to FENGen. 
TE and OE, with respect to their leased interests, and FENGen, are co-
holders of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-73. The BVPS-2 
facility is located in Beaver County, PA.

II.

    By application dated June 24, 2016, as supplemented by letters 
dated September 13, 2016; December 15, 2016; and March 16, 2017, the 
applicant requested on behalf of itself, FENGen, TE, and OE, pursuant 
to Section 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 
50.80), that the NRC consent to the direct transfer of TE's 18.26 
percent leased interest in BVPS-2 and OE's 21.66 percent interest in 
BVPS-2 (combined 39.92 percent leased interest in BVPS-2), to FENGen. 
Upon execution of this proposed transfer, FENGen would own 100 percent 
of BVPS-2, and FENOC would continue to operate the facility.
    FENOC requested that the NRC approve the direct transfer of the 
leased interest in the facility operating license. The NRC published a 
Federal Register notice titled, ``Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2, 
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of License and Conforming 
Amendment [Docket No. 50-412; NRC-2016-0277],'' on January 23, 2017 (82 
FR 7880). The NRC received no comments or hearing requests in response 
to this notice.
    Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be 
transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the 
license, unless the NRC shall give its consent in writing. Upon review 
of the information in the application, and other information before the 
Commission, the NRC staff has determined that FENGen is qualified to 
hold the license to the extent proposed to permit the transfer of 
Toledo Edison Company's and Ohio Edison Company's combined 39.92 
percent leased interest in BVPS-2, and that the transfers of the 
license are otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of law, 
regulations, and orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to 
the conditions set forth below. The NRC staff has further found that:
     The application for the proposed license amendment 
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (the Act), as amended, and the Commission's rules and 
regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I.
     The facility will operate in conformity with the 
application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations 
of the Commission.
     There is reasonable assurance that the activities 
authorized by the proposed license amendment can be conducted without 
endangering the health and safety of the public and that such 
activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's 
regulations.
     The issuance of the proposed license amendment will not be 
inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety 
of the public.
     The issuance of the proposed amendment will be in 
accordance with 10 CFR part 51, and all applicable requirements have 
been satisfied.
    The findings set forth above are supported by a safety evaluation 
dated April 14, 2017.

III.

    Accordingly, pursuant to Sec. Sec.  161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of 
the Act; 42 USC Sec. Sec.  2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 
CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the NRC approves the application 
for the proposed direct license transfer, subject to the following 
condition:

FENGen shall provide satisfactory documentary evidence to the Director 
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation that, as of the date of the 
license transfer, the licensees reflected in the amended license 
obtained the appropriate amount of insurance required of a licensee 
under 10 CFR part 140 and 10 CFR 50.54(w).

    It is further ordered that consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the 
NRC approves the license amendment that makes a change, as indicated in 
the Conforming License Amendment to License No. NPF-73. The NRC shall 
issue and make effective the amendment at the time the proposed direct 
transfer action is completed.
    It is further ordered that after receipt of all required regulatory 
approvals of the proposed direct transfer action, the applicant shall 
inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in 
writing of such receipt no later than 5 business days prior to the date 
of the closing of the direct transfer. Should the proposed direct 
transfer not be completed by April 14, 2018, this Order shall become 
null and void, provided, however, upon written application and good 
cause shown, the NRC may extend such date by order.
    This Order is effective upon issuance.
    For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial 
application dated June 24, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16182A155), as 
supplemented by letters dated September 13, 2016; December 15, 2016; 
and March 16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML16257A235, ML16350A077, and 
ML17075A210, respectively), and the

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safety evaluation dated April 14, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17081A433 
(nonproprietary)), which are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, MD. Publicly available documents created or received at the 
NRC are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by 
telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of April 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William M. Dean,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Operating License No. NPF–73. The conducted without endangering the
documents listed in the attached order BVPS–2 facility is located in Beaver health and safety of the public and that
are available in ADAMS as follows: County, PA. such activities will be conducted in
Application dated June 24, 2016 compliance with the Commission’s
II.
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16182A155), regulations.
supplemental letters dated September By application dated June 24, 2016, as • The issuance of the proposed
13, 2016; December 15, 2016; and March supplemented by letters dated license amendment will not be inimical
16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. September 13, 2016; December 15, 2016; to the common defense and security or
ML16257A235, ML16350A077, and and March 16, 2017, the applicant to the health and safety of the public.
ML17075A210, respectively), and Safety requested on behalf of itself, FENGen, • The issuance of the proposed
Evaluation dated April 14, 2017 TE, and OE, pursuant to Section 50.80 amendment will be in accordance with
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17081A433 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 10 CFR part 51, and all applicable
(nonproprietary)). Regulations (10 CFR 50.80), that the requirements have been satisfied.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and NRC consent to the direct transfer of The findings set forth above are
purchase copies of public documents at TE’s 18.26 percent leased interest in supported by a safety evaluation dated
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One BVPS–2 and OE’s 21.66 percent interest April 14, 2017.
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville in BVPS–2 (combined 39.92 percent
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. leased interest in BVPS–2), to FENGen. III.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Upon execution of this proposed Accordingly, pursuant to §§ 161b,
Taylor A. Lamb, Office of Nuclear transfer, FENGen would own 100 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Act; 42 USC
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear percent of BVPS–2, and FENOC would §§ 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234;
Regulatory Commission, Washington, continue to operate the facility. and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– FENOC requested that the NRC ORDERED that the NRC approves the
7128; email: Taylor.Lamb@nrc.gov. approve the direct transfer of the leased application for the proposed direct
interest in the facility operating license. license transfer, subject to the following
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
The NRC published a Federal Register condition:
the order is attached. notice titled, ‘‘Beaver Valley Power
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 14th day of FENGen shall provide satisfactory
Station, Unit 2, Consideration of
April 2017. documentary evidence to the Director of
Approval of Transfer of License and
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Conforming Amendment [Docket No.
James G. Danna, that, as of the date of the license
50–412; NRC–2016–0277],’’ on January
transfer, the licensees reflected in the
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of 23, 2017 (82 FR 7880). The NRC
Operator Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear amended license obtained the
received no comments or hearing
Reactor Regulation. appropriate amount of insurance
requests in response to this notice.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or required of a licensee under 10 CFR part
Attachment—Order Approving Direct
any right thereunder, shall be 140 and 10 CFR 50.54(w).
Transfer of License and Approving
Conforming Amendment transferred, directly or indirectly, It is further ordered that consistent
through transfer of control of the with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the NRC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA approves the license amendment that
license, unless the NRC shall give its
NUCLEAR REGULATORY consent in writing. Upon review of the makes a change, as indicated in the
COMMISSION information in the application, and Conforming License Amendment to
other information before the License No. NPF–73. The NRC shall
[Docket No. 50–412; License No. NPF–
Commission, the NRC staff has issue and make effective the amendment
73; NRC–2016–0277]
determined that FENGen is qualified to at the time the proposed direct transfer
In the Matter of FirstEnergy Nuclear hold the license to the extent proposed action is completed.
Operating Company; Beaver Valley to permit the transfer of Toledo Edison It is further ordered that after receipt
Power Station, Unit 2 Company’s and Ohio Edison Company’s of all required regulatory approvals of
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT combined 39.92 percent leased interest the proposed direct transfer action, the
TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND in BVPS–2, and that the transfers of the applicant shall inform the Director of
APPROVING CONFORMING license are otherwise consistent with the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
AMENDMENT the applicable provisions of law, in writing of such receipt no later than
regulations, and orders issued by the 5 business days prior to the date of the
I. closing of the direct transfer. Should the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating conditions set forth below. The NRC proposed direct transfer not be
Company (FENOC or the applicant), staff has further found that: completed by April 14, 2018, this Order
acting as an agent for and on behalf of • The application for the proposed shall become null and void, provided,
FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, LLC license amendment complies with the however, upon written application and
(FENGen), the Toledo Edison Company standards and requirements of the good cause shown, the NRC may extend
(TE), and the Ohio Edison Company Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (the Act), as such date by order.
(OE), requested that the U.S. Nuclear amended, and the Commission’s rules This Order is effective upon issuance.
Regulatory Commission (NRC or the and regulations set forth in 10 CFR For further details with respect to this
Commission) consent to the direct Order, see the initial application dated
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Chapter I.
transfer of TE’s 18.26 percent leased • The facility will operate in June 24, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
interest in Beaver Valley Power Station, conformity with the application, the ML16182A155), as supplemented by
Unit 2 (BVPS–2) to FENGen, and OE’s provisions of the Act, and the rules and letters dated September 13, 2016;
21.66 percent leased interest in BVPS– regulations of the Commission. December 15, 2016; and March 16, 2017
2 to FENGen. TE and OE, with respect • There is reasonable assurance that (ADAMS Accession Nos.
to their leased interests, and FENGen, the activities authorized by the ML16257A235, ML16350A077, and
are co-holders of Renewed Facility proposed license amendment can be ML17075A210, respectively), and the

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safety evaluation dated April 14, 2017 Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety the list of Negotiated Service
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17081A433 and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Agreements in the Mail Classification
(nonproprietary)), which are available Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
for public inspection at the Washington, DC 20555–0001. DATES: Effective date: April 21, 2017.
Commission’s Public Document Room Dr. Sekazi K. Mtingwa, Atomic Safety
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(PDR), located at One White Flint North, and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179.
Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MD. Publicly available documents All correspondence, documents, and United States Postal Service® hereby
created or received at the NRC are other materials shall be filed in gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
accessible electronically through accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on April 14, 2017,
ADAMS in the NRC Library at http:// See 10 CFR 2.302. it filed with the Postal Regulatory
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Commission a Request of the United
Dated: April 17, 2017.
Persons who do not have access to States Postal Service to Add Priority
E. Roy Hawkens, Mail Contract 309 to Competitive
ADAMS or who encounter problems in Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety
accessing the documents located in Product List. Documents are available at
and Licensing Board Panel, Rockville, www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2017–116,
ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Maryland.
reference staff by telephone at 1–800– CP2017–167.
[FR Doc. 2017–08120 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by e-mail BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Stanley F. Mires,
to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Attorney, Federal Compliance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day [FR Doc. 2017–08041 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
of April 2017. POSTAL SERVICE BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean, Product Change—Priority Mail Express
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Negotiated Service Agreement POSTAL SERVICE
Regulation.
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. Product Change—Priority Mail Express
[FR Doc. 2017–08114 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
ACTION: Notice. and Priority Mail Negotiated Service
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Agreement
SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives
notice of filing a request with the Postal AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY Regulatory Commission to add a ACTION: Notice.
COMMISSION domestic shipping services contract to
the list of Negotiated Service SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives
[Docket No. 50–443–LA2 ASLBP No. 17–
Agreements in the Mail Classification notice of filing a request with the Postal
953–02–LA–BD01]
Schedule’s Competitive Products List. Regulatory Commission to add a
Nextera Energy Seabrook LLC; DATES: Effective date: April 21, 2017. domestic shipping services contract to
Establishment of Atomic Safety and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the list of Negotiated Service
Licensing Board Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. Agreements in the Mail Classification
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
Pursuant to delegation by the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Postal Service® hereby DATES: Effective date: April 21, 2017.
Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 29,
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1972), and the Commission’s
regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104, 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on April 14, 2017, Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179.
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notice is hereby given that an Atomic Commission a Request of the United United States Postal Service® hereby
Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is States Postal Service to Add Priority gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
being established to preside over the Mail Express Contract 47 to Competitive 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on April 14, 2017,
following proceeding: Product List. Documents are available at it filed with the Postal Regulatory
www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2017–118, Commission a Request of the United
Nextera Energy Seabrook LLC CP2017–169. States Postal Service to Add Priority
(Seabrook Station, Unit 1) Stanley F. Mires,
Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 46
to Competitive Product List. Documents
This proceeding involves a license Attorney, Federal Compliance.
are available at www.prc.gov, Docket
amendment application submitted by [FR Doc. 2017–08037 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
Nos. MC2017–114, CP2017–165.
NextEra Energy Seabrook LLC, for BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
Seabrook Station, Unit 1, located in Stanley F. Mires,
Seabrook, New Hampshire. In response Attorney, Federal Compliance.
to a notice filed in the Federal Register, POSTAL SERVICE [FR Doc. 2017–08044 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
see 82 FR 9,601 (Feb. 7, 2017), the C– BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
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April 10, 2017. AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. POSTAL SERVICE
The Board is comprised of the
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following Administrative Judges:
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Regulatory Commission to add a
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Direct transfer of license; order.
Dates		The order was issued on April 14, 2017.
Contact		Taylor A. Lamb, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7128; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 18781